In this newly created role of Managing Director for India, a VP-level role, one of the most important responsibilities for this person will be aligning teams and driving Facebook’s overall strategy in India, the company said in a statement.

As Group CTO and Head of Technology & Architecture, based in Stockholm, Sweden, Ekudden will be responsible for building on Ericsson’s strength in technology to support new and existing customers, focusing on innovation to transform the networks for the future, the company said in a statement.

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved entrustment of additional charge of the post of CMD, MTNL, in favour of Purwar, for a period of three months with effect from June 8, an order issued today by Department of Personnel and Training said.

Kalra joins Indus Towers from Nokia, where he was the Global Head for Bharti Business in his most recent role. He worked with Nokia for over 13 years, and had been a pivotal part of their growth story.

In this role, Sampat will be spearheading digital marketing initiatives for Reliance Jio, and help the telco strengthen its digital presence in the country. He will be assuming the responsibilities in coming few days.

After PSU banks, the government is likely to infuse capital in two chronically ill telecom PSUs BSNL and MTNL, and the Union Cabinet is likely to take a decision on 4G spectrum allocation to them by the third week of the current month after DoT places the note before it for consideration.

At a high-level meeting at the PMO late Tuesday, it was also decided that the two telcos will frame a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) to reduce their employee strength, which will be followed by a reduction in the retirement age to 58.